About this role
## Job summary
We are seeking an exceptional and visionary Nurse Consultantto lead and transform care for older people within our Frailty Assessment Unit (FAU)and wider Urgent & Emergency Care (UEC) pathway.
This is a rare opportunity for an experienced advanced practitioner to combine expert clinical practice, strategic leadership, education, and service developmentto influence frailty care across the whole system--supporting admission avoidance, improving outcomes, and delivering truly integrated care.
We are looking for a full time and part time Nurse Consultant in order to cover a 7 day service.
### Main duties of the job
* Act as an expert clinical practitioner demonstrating advanced clinical skills and knowledge including evidence of critical thinking and implementation of research-based practice within the management of own caseload. * To work in close relationship with different Consultant bodies for professional guidance * To demonstrate clinical leadership, skills and knowledge in developing a comprehensive Nurse Led Model of Care, incorporating clinical competency trust wide and patient care pathways. * Be responsible for developing and leading on nursing and advanced care practice standards, underpinning a robust governance structure for a future workforce of advanced practitioners within the ward.
### About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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## Job description
### Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
## Person Specification
### Qualifications
#### Essential
* oCurrent registration on part 1 of the NMC Register is essential * oMaster's degree in Advanced Clinical Practice * oNon-Medical Prescribing * oEvidence of continuing professional development * oCompletion of Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults Level 2 training * oMental Capacity Act awareness training
#### Desirable
* oRecognised professional post basic qualification in the care of older people or dementia care
### Experience
#### Essential
* oRecently and actively working in clinical practice * oDemonstrates specialist knowledge relating to care of older people * oEvidence of admission avoidance and community working * oEvidence of leadership skills that are capable of establishing direction and purpose
#### Desirable
* oEvidence of carrying out investigations and writing reports Evidence of operating at strategic level to positively affect service outcomes
### Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
### Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the [UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. [Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants).
### UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see [NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).](https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals)
## Employer details
### Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
### Address
Colchester Hospital
Colchester
CO4 5JL
United Kingdom
### Employer's website
[https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)](https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/)
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